Prof Sarah Gilbert, Covid vaccine creator: Now let’s take on 12 more diseases

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Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert says medical science has transformed ambitions for new vaccines.

Medical science has transformed the pandemic, and the experimental technologies that helped develop vaccines in record time have strapped rocket boosters to scientific ambitions. Could we be entering a golden age of new vaccines?

The new generation of vaccines are quick to make and highly flexible. "It's like decorating a cake," says Prof Gilbert. But it takes a lot of work to start from scratch for every new disease and there is plenty that can go wrong. You can end up with the vaccine-equivalent of a soggy bottom.The development of Oxford's coronavirus vaccine used a completely different approach known as "plug-and-play".

 

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Didn't create a 'vaccine' and, with the exception of SputnikV, the experimental jabs so far created have very major safety and efficacy questions. How about we learn to crawl before we try to fly, never mind run or even walk? 'Progress' must be real, ethical, and sustainable.

You can always admire her for a Nobel Prize next year.

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